I appreciate everyone’s comments about the error that was made when we made the x64 RC2 available as part of the Customer Preview Program (CPP). For those of you who were not aware of the problem – the 32-bit version of Server 2003 SP1 was accidentally made available as the download for the x64 RC2. Read more
Demorie here… My car was rear-ended last Friday while sitting at a light outside my office. This is my first accident (knock on wood) and I was not prepared for the amount of work this entails. Contact the insurance company; get estimates from the certified auto-body shops, contact the driver that hit me, blah, be Read more
I need to first say CONGRATULATIONS to John Borozan and his wife (who did all the work) – they are the proud parents of a new baby girl – Helena. Congrats John! We mentioned when we started this blog a few weeks ago, one of our goals was to take our online x64 webcasts and Read more
Ward here…. I get a few questions every week about the capabilities and differences of the SP1/x64 releases – thought I would take a minute and jot down the Top 4 questions that I hear the most: Q: If I install Window Server 2003 SP1, will I have x64 capabilities? A: Nope. Service Pack One Read more
When we announced the completion of the RC2 Milestone of Window Server 2003 x64/SP1 last week we indicated the following: – That the Window Server 2003 x 64 editions would only be available through the private Beta Program – The public Customer Preview Program (CPP) would not be refreshed with the RC2 bits. We received Read more
Baseball is great for statistics. Every game is like a miniature numbers factory, generating batting averages, on-base percentages, earned-run averages—you name it. For fans, these numbers constitute the game outside the game: when the lights go out and the players have all gone home, the fans continue the battle using statistics for ammunition. In the Read more
There is a lot of buzz about our new 64-Bit editions of Window Server 2003 – which got me thinking last night. Microsoft has been in the 64-Bit game since the launch of Window Server 2003 – with Itanium. One aspect of SP1 (in my opinion) that is not getting a lot of attention is how Read more
Ward Ralston here – I, like John Borozan, am a Product Manager with Windows Server. Some of you may have already heard that Window Server 2003 64-Bit Editions, Window Server 2003 SP1, and Windows XP Professional have all reached the Release Canidate Two (RC2) Milestone this afternoon. Word on the street is that this RC2 Read more
Hey there, Do you know of any ISV applications that will support the Window Server 2003 x64 Editions? Or will your application support the Window Server 2003 x64 Editions? If yes, we would like to help you promote it. We are assembling a list of supporting applications. If you are interested in being listed Read more
Hello, This is Demorie Crowe, a Program Manager in the Windows Server Group. You’ll be hearing from me in the next few months or so. You may have seen this already…but just in case… We completed a 64-bit webcast training series a little while ago with a total of 13 sessions. You can learn: how Read more
My name is John Borozan and I’m the Product Manager for Microsoft’s 64-Bit Editions of Window Server 2003. We are launching this Weblog to allow the members of our Windows Server team to be in more direct contact with the IT community through frequent updates to this blog. I am extremely passionate about our 64-Bit Read more
